RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 COllaborative effort seeks to curb hospital infections
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD April 11
VO 307
IS 14
SP 1475
OP 1475
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.430
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.430
AB 
Hospital-acquired infections remain a persistent problem, affecting about 1 in 20 patients each year, according to estimates from the US Department of Health and Human Services. But efforts to curb such infections have had mixed results. To achieve better results, 2 groups critical to the management of hospital-acquired infections—infection control professionals, or infection preventionists (IPs), and laboratory professionals—are working together on a project to promote better collaboration between their respective professions.